August 01, 2005

What the Dormouse Said

Not only is the DLC wrong about the Democratic party's message and ideas (or what they would insist is a lack thereof) and disastrously wrong on strategy, they're also wrong about public opinion (Tom Paine via Booman Tribune):

... On nearly every prominent issue, the American public supports the progressive position. In survey after survey, the overwhelming majority of the public wants legal abortion, a higher minimum wage, strong environmental protections, strict regulation of corporations, an end to the electoral college, universal health care, a strong and unprivatized Social Security system and on and on. ...

Another BooTrib diarist took a peek at Al Gore's new network, Current. Verdict: A little too much like surfing the internet for her taste, but absorbing and capable of getting important points across to the pre-teen in the house. When I used to be able to get News World International, the network Current is replacing, I liked it very much. Let's hope Current will step up to the plate.

Speaking of commencement addresses: I finally remembered to Google for the text of The Power of Four, which was the title of Tom Hanks' address to this year's graduating class at Vassar college and refers to the difference that four people in a hundred can make. I caught it on C-SPAN a while ago and it really stuck with me.

Paperwight notes that Judge Roberts has already shown that he has no respect for habeas corpus rights and that political affiliations are being held against Americans detained in Iraq, also, the liberal ideal of fairness has become a weapon we hand to our opponents.